Instructor Bios

Juanita Allen Kingsley

Juanita Allen Kingsley is an EMT with Wilderness Certification. She is also certified as an Instructor and Instructor Trainer by the American Heart Association and trains approximately 1800 people a year in CPR/First Aid/Defibrillator Training and Wilderness First Aid. She also teaches the BLAST Babysitting, Home Alone Safety and Safe Kids classes for children for many local agencies. Juanita is the Director of Business Development for Century Health Systems and serves on the Board of Directors for Hale Reservation.

Adriana Lopez

DCH Classes: Aqua Zumba, Zumba, Zumba Toning

Adriana inherited her love of dance from her Abuela. Just like her grandmother, she was always dancing around the house whenever her Dad was playing Marimba, Salsa, Merengue, or other Latin music. She has embraced her Latin heritage and passion for dance by sharing it with others through the Zumba® Fitness Program. She is a member of the Zumba® Instructor Network (ZIN™) which enables her to communicate with other instructors from all over the world as well as stay up to date with new music, choreography, promotions, and events. Adriana has completed her training to teach Zumba, Zumba Toning, Zumbatomic, and Aqua Zumba. Adriana encourages all levels to embrace the Zumba motto "Ditch the workout, Join the Party!”

Denny Morell

DCH Classes: Acting 101, Ballet for Beginners, Creative Movement

Denny has had extensive training, teaching and performance experience in dance and the performing arts. She graduated from the Boston Conservatory and has a Masters degree from Emerson College. Denny studied classical ballet in Australia with the Victorian Ballet Company. She graduated and was accepted into the Victorian Ballet Company performing in the major Classical Ballets. Denny has directed and choreographed many productions. She is an artist-in-residence at Mass Bay Community College in Wellesley.

Carol O’Connor

DCH Classes: Total Pilates

Carol O’Connor has taught the Pilates classes at DCH for the past two years. In addition to those she also teaches at the West Roxbury YMCA and is a personal trainer. Outside of the exercise world Carol also is the owner of Tablecritic, Inc. which includes event planning services and a local restaurant review website.

Viking Sports

DCH Classes: Soccer, Basketball, Baseball/T-Ball, Multisports

Headquartered in Brookline Massachusetts since 1993, Viking Sports is one of Massachusetts’ largest sports recreation companies offering services for kids to adults throughout the state. We are a sports company who pride ourselves on being specialists of fun. We believe that fun should be the main component of a sports community, and we believe that this sports community should be available to all.

Program News

Late Fall & Winter Program registration is underway!

Try our All New Viking sports programs with new coaches! Click HERE for class listing.

If a class has already started you can still sign-up. Call 781-329-5740 or stop by the DCH Main Office to register at the pro-rated rates!